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15956 (1998 BY24)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2015956
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459396.5 (2021-Jul-01.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 36 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .01642570045484692 3.0868e-08  
a 2.843435245152878 1.061e-08 au
q 2.796729829553243 8.6156e-08 au
i 1.214905062970576 3.1299e-06 deg
node 278.1597376173688 0.00015438 deg
peri 2.013323348810231 0.00018514 deg
M 179.0732821252087 0.00010253 deg
tp 2458525.352422680609
(2019-Feb-10.85242268)		 0.00049854 TDB
period 1751.311664772532
4.79		 9.8022e-06
2.684e-08		 d
yr
n .2055602136623457 1.1505e-09 deg/d
Q 2.890140660752513 1.0784e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2206  
   data-arc span      14450 days (39.56 yr)  
   first obs. used      1981-10-01  
   last obs. used      2021-04-24  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .50029  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Jul-08 17:31:54  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.78003 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.10891 au 
 T_jup = 3.308 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.82   n/a MPCxxxxx  
diameter diameter 4.700 km 0.413 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.265   0.058 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

15956 (1998 BY24)          Discovered 1998-Jan-28 by Kobayashi, T. at Oizumi
Reference: 20000726/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 1998 BY24 = 1996 VR18 
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